Gabriel Maldonado wrote,
What are the peculiar features of PD with respect of concurrence (i.e. jMax/MaxMsp) other than the language used to develop it?
Hi Gabriel, MSP is based on MillerŽs PD. MaxMSP runs only on Macintosh Platforms and PD is multiplatform, Linux, LinuxPPC, Irix, etc and W-NT where you run DCsound. I am mainly a MaxMSP user but I think PD will overtake MaxMSP soon due to its portablility and free distribution, specially if its cummunity of develpers and users increase. I have not tryed GunterŽs GEM yet 'cause I had problems finding all libraries needed for my LinuxPPC distribution. I should install the debian one. To write external objects for PD seems to be relatively easy for software developers like you, for me it is being a nightmare by now...
Cheers,
Ricardo Climent. QUB
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users increase. I have not tryed Gunter´s GEM yet 'cause I had problems finding all libraries needed for my LinuxPPC distribution. I should install the debian one.
I wanted to reply to Gabriels message too, immediately, but then I found out that I'd have to write a whole novel when comparing MAX/MSP, jmax and PD (and the background of the development of the three).
The main feature, as Ricardo noted is that it is free.
One point to correct though, I ported *Marks* GEM to Linux, which was not too hard, because it was written in OpenGL and already running on SGI's X-Windows.
Otherwise, if you are used to the programming paradigm, it's not too hard to switch between the three, unless your operating system (windows ?) keeps you from doing it.
To write external objects for PD seems to be relatively easy for software developers like you, for me it is being a nightmare by now...
It's easy if you want to do basic things, staying close to the templates provided, for "more advanced" programming it's hard, the sources are the documentation ...
Guenter
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